This year, the province plans to sign contracts with local businesses to
sustainably cultivate rice on an area of 1,000 hectares and increase 30 percent
in net profit of each hectare. Local farmers will receive farming technique
training and participate in new cooperatives.

Vice Director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
Le Van Doi said that adjustment will be made to the agricultural development
master plan to concretise plans for rice production in large-scale fields which
are suitable for sustainable agriculture transformation.

Rice land management and use policies, new-style rural areas building programme
and cooperative support programme will be integrated with the VnSAT to bolster
local production.

The province will pay due attention to communication campaigns among local
residents and development of the collective economy. It will work to establish
models of production, material supply and production consumption.

Nearly 37,000 local people will benefit from the VnSAT in Hau Giang province
which has a total capital of 14 million USD. The project is implemented in over
40,000 hectares of rice in 32 communes during 2015-2020.-VNA